It was designed by Emili Pou. It was inaugurated on May 15, 1861 as a 6th order lighthouse, with catadioptric optics and fixed light. In 1863 an iron beam roof was installed (the wooden ones were already rotten). In 1866 the launch service was auctioned (as in the other lighthouses that needed this service) and was granted for 584 escudos per year, so that in 1867 the sailors stopped living on the island and moved to Puerto de Alcudia, having to make two weekly trips to the lighthouse, or extra trips if the lighthouse keepers communicated an urgent need by means of the placement of a white flag. In 1917 rotating screens were installed in the optics, having a luminous appearance of 3+1 occultations and producing the luminous focus by means of an acetylene gas burner. The gas was elaborated in the same lighthouse, using for it a gasogen where stones of calcium carbide and water were mixed. In 1922 the roof was replaced by a tiled roof, due to severe infrastructure problems caused by humidity. In 1960, the lantern was removed and a non-visitable lantern was placed in its place, and at that time the solar valve was automated. This was the reason why, the following year, the lighthouse was left without resident personnel. Its luminous appearance then became one of equidistant white flashes. Later, in the nineties, solar panels were installed, which allowed the gas apparatus to be removed. Today, although it retains the old AGA gas lantern, it has a modern 54-watt LED acrylic optic inside. As in many other lighthouses, the lighthouse keepers of Alcanada took an active part in the rescue of the victims of several shipwrecks.
Small valley located at the exit of Andratx towards Estellencs.
Small valley of Andratx with old estates such as Son Lluís, several isolated houses and the neighborhood of Sa Coma. It is accessed from Son Mas following the road that goes to the village of Es Capdellà.
Torrent that flows into a protected area of marshland in Port d'Andratx.
Defense tower located on a cliff above the Cala de Ses Ortigues.
In the municipality of Campos we also find one of the typical products of the Mediterranean, a place where water is left to evaporate for the production of salt, for different commercial uses. It has a great visual impact due to the great height that can have these small mountains of salt.
This stone monument is located far up the Ma-12 motorway, near the turn-off that leads to Son Serra de Marina. It is a characteristic example of a quadrangular talayot, with carved ashlars and a well-preserved lintelled doorway. Around it, there are several walls and attached constructions. When the motorway was built, a sanctuary that used to be in the same spot was destroyed.
Type of construction 70 000 m2 park. Important aspects Place to relax and study nature. Distinguished elements Humid area, organic vegetable garden, gardening school, 200 holm oak
on Mut Nou, an estate in the heart of the Marina de Llucmajor, in Mallorca, for preserving and studying historical varieties and enhancing their value. That is the goal of Montserrat Pons y Boscana, a pharmacist from Llucmajor whose love for fig trees and the study of their importance in the life and history of Mallorca has led her to undertake a unique project in the world. Son Mut Nou is an experimental field where fig trees are cultivated in order to study them and promote their scientific knowledge. In this way, the importance of fig trees in the development of a society such as the Mallorcan one, which has been formed and nurtured by rural and agricultural work, is also analyzed.
The "possessió" of Can Garra Seca, is located in the "Camí de sa Torre", in the municipality of Llucmajor and has an extension of 100 cuarteradas (about 71 hectares). It is a real hidden treasure. It is an agricultural-livestock and forestry exploitation with numerous ethnological elements (flour windmill, cisterns, wells, lime kiln, barracks, cisterns, ...), farming areas with almond and carob trees, garrigue zones, etc. The set of Can Garra Seca is a good example of the impact of human processes, both production and adaptation in the natural environment. The ethnological elements that we can find are: * Dwelling * Vegetable garden and flour windmill. * Roter's hut * Barca of carriage * Raft with pointed roof * Lime kiln * Coal bunker * Ponds and "cocons" * Megalithic elements * Megalithic elements * Shared cistern * Gazaperas * Flora and fauna
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